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The following question based on Atmosphere & Climatology topic of indian geography mcq
(a) Altostratus
(b) Altocumulus
(c) Cirrostratus
(d) Cumulus
The correct answers to the above question in:
Answer: (c)
The clouds of the highest altitude are Cirrostratus. Cirrostratus cloud is a high, thin, generally uniform stratiform genus-type, composed of ice crystals.
It is difficult to detect and is capable of forming halos when the cloud takes the form of thin cirrostratus nebulosus. The cloud has a fibrous texture with no halos if it is thicker cirrostratus fibratus.
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Question : 1
Mid-latitude cyclones
a) are generally found only over the ocean
b) usually move across North-America from East to West
c) are formed in regions of strong temperature contrasts
d) generally bring clear skis and little precipitation
Answer »Answer: (c)
Mid-latitude or frontal cyclones are large travelling atmospheric cyclonic storms up to 2000 kilometres in diameter with centres of low atmospheric pressure. The jet stream plays a major role in the location of mid-latitude cyclones.
Question : 2
Heat gain through insolation and heat loss through terrestrial radiation are equal approximately at which latitude ?
a) 40½° North and South
b) 22½° North and South
c) 66½° North and South
d) 42½° North and South
Answer »Answer: (a)
Question : 3
The world’s largest and most dense forests are in
a) Tanzania
b) India
c) Canada
d) Brazil
Answer »Answer: (d)
Question : 4
Which of the following does not affect the distribution of insolation?
a) Angle of sun’s rays
b) Altitude
c) Ocean currents
d) Length of the day
Answer »Answer: (c)
Question : 5
Highest altitude clouds are
a) Altostratus
b) Altocumulus
c) Cirrostratus
d) Cumulus
Answer »Answer: (c)
Question : 6
Which among the following statements characterized EI Nino?
- It occurs at irregular intervals
- It carriers warmer water
- It carries less saline water
- Its atmospheric equivalent is southern oscillation.
a) II and III only
b) I and II only
c) I, II, III and IV
d) III and IV only
Answer »Answer: (c)
EL Nino, unusual warming of surface ocean waters in the eastern tropical Pacific is part of southern oscillation.
Scientists do not know exactly how El Nino forms. It is said that El Nino may have contributed to the 1993 Mississippi and 1995 California floods. The average period length of EL Nino is 5 years.
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